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Monday, 4 June 2012

Jubilee Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes

Yes it's another Jubilee bake - I can't help it! My street had a street party today so I got up early to bake these little treats for my neighbours. It's my first street party and I've never seen anything quite like it. There's a lovely community atmosphere. It looks extremely festive with all the bunting and fancy dress. There's food, drinks, games, raffles, prizes... a really fun day! My cupcakes went down a treat and they disappeared within the first 15 minutes!!

The cupcakes have fresh strawberries in the batter which give them a lovely juicy, moist flavour. It has a strawberry jam centre, finished with a vanilla buttercream and a fresh strawberry slice. I especially liked the Lakeland 'It's British' cupcake set which a colleague bought for me as a gift - thank you J!! :)

Decided to try out my new cupcake plunger. I couldn't quite get the hang of it so I used a melon baller for most of the cakes. Has anyone else used this before? I followed the instructions but I couldn't seem to get the core of the cake out and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any advice would be much appreciated :)

Fresh cupcakes ready to fill and frost

Make a hole with a cupcake corer (or melon baller)

Fill with strawberry jam

Replace the cake

Pipe frosting on top

Add a slice of fresh strawberry on top

I couldn't resist getting out my new cupcake stand which I found in Camden market yesterday. It has strawberry charms which are perfect. I have the exact same stand with cupcake charms but this is so cute and perfect for summer! I'm sure you'll be seeing more of this in the coming months :)

42 comments:

Love these - especially the strawberry pieces in the batter! I have the cuisipro version of the corer - i found it was easiest to just push it straight diwn into the cake, twist a bit if necessary and then lift it straight out - the cake would come with it and you could then use the plunger to eject the cake. Looking at your pics though, mine is a lot shorter and has a 'frill' around it which acts as a guide to how deep to go - it's more than you'd think. Hope that helps :)

I was so pleased when my friend gave the cases and toppers to me. The kids particularly loved it! I worry when using fresh fruit but I've made this recipe a few times and it's always turned out ok. Give it a go and see :)

I have the cupcake plunger and, the first time I used it took a bit of getting used too I wiggled it to begin with and couldn't get the middle out. But I found a knack to doing it! You have to push hard and straight down into the cake (I thought the cake would break, but it was amazingly resilient!) then sort of bring it out at an angle coming upwards as you bring it out. This is the only way I've managed to do it! Is a neat little tool though :)

Thank you so much for what I think is our very first entry into this month's challenge!! And what a summery celebratory first entry it is too! I love the little cake toppers and your beautiful cake stand

They look Brilliant! I've never used a corer but I did use a wilton nozzle and piping bag to put jam inside the cupcakes. It's nice to find another cupcake baker in the UK!http://tea-and-biscuit-time.blogspot.co.uk/

The best bit about these little cupcakes for me is adding strawberries to the cake batter. I love it and have often wondered about doing it but never have. Now I will!Thanks for entering these perfectly seasonal and British treats into #oneingredient too!Laura@howtocookgoodfood xxx

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